Sunday, November 2, 2008

Episode 41 (formerly 37b): Akuma's Miscarriage, Part 1 | November 2, 2008 | 5:34 PM

 

242a. TITLE

Akuma’s Miscarriage

 

242b. Sun, Nov 2, 2008; 5.34 PM

 

(fade in from black)

 

243 ILLYBRIUS

Hmm?

 

244 ORION

What do we need to talk about?

 

245 ILLYBRIUS

My head is swimming.

 

246

Illybrius glugs absinthe.

 

247 USAGI

By all means, take another swig of absinthe. That’ll clear your head.

 

248 EPIPHANY looks at Evryn

 

249 EVRYN

What?

 

250 EPIPHANY

[He's stealing your gig.]

 

251 EVRYN

I chug whiskey, not absinthe.

 

252 ORION

Please don’t.

 

253 ILLYBRIUS

Too late.

 

254 ORION

Then never mind. You are no good to anyone in this state.

 

255 EVRYN

You’re no good to anyone in any state.

 

256 ORION

I will try again another time.

 

257 EPIPHANY

[You will fail.]

 

258 EVRYN

Because a failure is you.

 

259 ILLYBRIUS

What is it, anyway? I’m fine. I’ll be fine.

 

260 USAGI, with a cup of water, presumably

He can hold his liquor. I’m giving him some water.

 

261 EPIPHANY

[Wait, no, you FOOL!]

 

262 SERLEINA high-kicks

FOOLISH FOOL!

 

263 ILLYBRIUS

Thank you, Usagi.

 

264 USAGI, doing a side-kick

You're welcome. It's full of the old razzledazzle.

 

265 EVRYN

Oh, I get it. It was Usagi's turn to poison the water cooler!

 

266 ILLYBRIUS

Orion, what is it?

 

267 EPIPHANY

[Angst.]

 

268 USAGI

And the old razzledazzle. We've been over—

 

269 SERLEINA

ANGST-ANGST, whine-whine, ANGST-ANGST, whine-whine!

 

270 ORION

Well don’t talk to me until you are better. Neither Akuma nor the baby needs to draw on that kind of energy.

 

271 EPIPHANY

[Passive-aggressive angst.]

 

272 ILLYBRIUS

Has she been able to reform the bond?

 

273 ORION

No. But I have her and the child feeding off another source for now.

 

274 EPIPHANY

[I don't think second-hand Foetal Alcohol Syndrome is a thing.]

 

275 EVRYN

With Enzeru biology, you never know.

 

276 ILLYBRIUS

I can’t think of what could be blocking her.

 

277 EVRYN

Have you tried asking your local admin? Or perhaps a cheese salesman?

 

278 ORION

It’s not that the bond is blocked. Didn’t you get the memo? I sent it to the Rabbit.

 

279 EVRYN

Unfortunately, the Chinchilla (TM) ate it and then pooped all over your house.

 

280 ILLYBRIUS holds up a scraggly piece of paper.

I have it right here.

 

281 EPIPHANY

[I'm surprised there was still a piece that big.]

 

282 ORION

Good. I’ll see if I can get her to take a drink.

 

283 EPIPHANY

[I know that first-hand Foetal Alcohol Syndrome IS a thing.]

 

284

5 minutes later

 

285 ILLYBRIUS

I read the document.

 

286 ORION

Well?

 

287 ILLYBRIUS

Mental barriers. Mind’s probably trying to protect itself from further damage. Don’t know what to do.

 

288a-1 EPIPHANY

[Who's inflicted massive mental trauma on the weeaboo this time?]

 

288a-2

enter SIGYN

 

288b. SIGYN

I mean, I probably did, retroactively.

 

288c. EPIPHANY, Santa Claus Scowl

[WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.]

 

289 ORION

I know that. She’s laying here next to me and she’s almost lifeless. I don’t know when the last time she ate or drank was and she hasn’t moved since I let her out.

 

290

>CUE MUSIC: Who Let the Dogs Out?

 

291 ILLYBRIUS

Can you try to get her to drink something? Water?

 

292 USAGI

With the old razzledazzle?

 

293 OVD

Usagi, do YOU want to have to sit in the Thinking Room with the Thinking Cap and the Thinking Lights and the Thinking Music?

 

294 USAGI

That depends. What's the Thinking Music?

 

295 OVD

Nicki Minaj.

 

296 USAGI

OH GOD NO.

 

297 ORION

I have. Ever since I let her out but it’s almost like having a living doll laying her next to me.

 

298 EVRYN

Oh, I’d like to see that.

 

299 ORION

What?

 

300 EVRYN

a) A living doll laying Akuma next to you.

b) On second thought, no. No one wants to see Akuma get laid ever.

 

301 ORION

Laying HERE!

 

302 EVRYN

Oh. Well, why didn’t you just say so?

 

303 ORION

If she wasn’t breathing, I would probably think she’s dead.

 

304 EPIPHANY

[I take offense to that statement.]

[But Onion, can you think of any reason in your recent behaviour that could possibly be the cause of this?]

 

305 ORION

I don't think. I just fuck and do.

 

306 ILLYBRIUS

What can we—?

 

307 ORION

I honestly don’t know. I’ve been trying since late yesterday evening. When I let her out, I couldn’t get near her at first, but about halfway through the night, the barrier dropped and that was how I found out about your daughter.

 

308 EVRYN

Cool story, bro.

 

309 ILLYBRIUS

Need more water.

 

310 EVRYN

You drank the cooler water filled with "Razzledazzle"? Are you going to b— wait, since when do I care?

 

311 ILLYBRIUS

Peppercorn?

 

312 ORION

NO, YOU ASS! AKUMA’S CHILD!

 

313 EPIPHANY

[Seriously, man. This is one of CORRI'S bogus jerkoffs talking. He shouldn't need to disambiguate further.]

 

314 ILLYBRIUS

No… no, Akuma’s child? It’s a girl?

 

315 ORION

Yes. It’s a girl. This was a bad idea.

 

316 EPIPHANY

[Everything to do with you is a bad idea.]

 

317 ORION

We’ll come back later when you’re sober.

 

318

>CUE MUSIC: Sober by P!NK

 

319 EVRYN

a) If he said that to me, he’d NEVER come back.

b) OVD, can we—

 

320 OVD

No.

 

321 EVRYN

Dammit.

 

322 ILLYBRIUS

I’m sobering up. Water helps.

 

323 EVRYN

I can't believe the cooler water actually helps you.

 

324 EPIPHANY

[What the hell IS "Razzledazzle"?]

 

325 DREPANON, streaking through the studio

IT BUUUUUURRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNNNS!

 

326 SIGYN

... Hot.

 

327 ILLYBRIUS

Halfway through the night, the barrier dropped. Do you know what caused it?

 

328 EPIPHANY

[Rolling blackouts.]

 

329 ORION

I think she just ran out of power due to the child. But then again, she could have just shut down again.

 

330 ROSEMARY

For the love of Cthulhu, pull the plug and keep it pulled!


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